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BANK HOLIDAY.

Accordance with Government

BANKS will be 'CLOSED for the TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BURI. NESS on MONDAY, the 7mm, of BEPTEMBER (Ten Fist MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER),

Hong Kong, 3rd Sept., 1921.

NOTICE

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

NEE Undermentioned Certificats

Tor BU Shares in this Company registered in, the Name of KWOKĮ SIN HING, has been declared L'OST. If at the expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the following; Bhare Cartificate be not produced to the Company, namely, Certificate for 60 Bharos No. 20,191 to 20,240, A NEW CERTIFICATE for the unid sharos will be issued by the Company and thereafter NO OTHER will be recognised.

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NOTICE

THE REEL CLUB.

TENGO DORCEL CLUB HE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL

will take Place at the HELENA MAY INSTITUTE, on the 21sr SEPTEM BEB, at 15 .x. All Members and Prospective Mombers are particularly requested to attend. The First practies of the season will commence immedi- ately after the meeting and practices will be held on each successivo Monday up to the 23rd NOVEMBEL

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T. P. SAUNDERSON, Hon. Secretary.

NOTICE,

HE Public using ICE HOUSK STREET boton QUEEN'S ROAD "and Des Voeux ROAD during Business Hours are reminded that this Street Is Pabils thoroughfare open to evory ons and not Place for the Transaction of Private Business, Police have been instracted to keep. Persons using this Boadway on the move, and to charge with obstruction all Persons. failing to more on when ordered Rickshas may be parked on the East side. The park. ing of rickabas on the West side is strictly prohibited.

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E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector General of Police. Hong Kong, 3rd Bept, 1931,

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931.

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INVIGORATES AND

REFRESHES.

have not bein, courageous and statesmanlike Canton has also n | big waterworks scheme in the coUTAS

of development and, for several years now the work has progressed

steadily dospite the many political troubles and changes in the Govern | Steady!

News and Views

"Jack's in a very

• What's that!”. Making cocktails."

40,000 Stray Cats.

Over 40,000 stray cats from the streets of London are received every

CORRESPONDENCE.

· [All letters intended for publica... tion must be accompanied by: the name and address of the writar, not for publication, unlete an denir. ed, but as esidence of good faith

year by the R.SP.C., an official | THE KAU SING AND JUNKS.

IN DISTRESS.

of the society, stated in Willorden, Police Court. A man was fued 10s, for cruelty to a cat by omitting

to give it necessary care and Atten (TO THE EDITOR OF THE tion.

ment.

Our

Kongmoon correspondent, nesS. gavo a vivid description of the changes brought about recently in the ancient city of Sun Wooi. That,

That Easalan Paradise } Inevitable beginning, the destruc

It is reported that of 417 dudents tion of the old walls has been com transferred, & undesirable ele pleted. Those picturesquo, but con-mants, from Russian Universities to Y.,0.A. and War Quilt. stricting relics always have to go, forest work in the province of At a meeting of the World Con as we know in England Wide now found to be available whenland (U.S.A.) resolution was pass Olonets two years ago, only 100 are farence of the Y.M.O.A. at Cleve streets, well paved ronds, ferreorders were received to transfered declaring (says Heuter) that the concrete houses, public parks ap. them to coal miners and factories, sole responsibility for the war where it was thought their training pear in place of the old alloy ways could be put to better use. The should not rest with any single that may delight the visitor but other 248 are either doad or in hostion. At the request of the French delegate a vote was taken, are neither healthy nor pleasant for pital

| and the resolution was passed by 201| the permanent resident. We have

votes to two: The German delegates abstained from votnig: most of us soon the sume process at work la' -Canton-the driving of broad motor roads through the maze of huddled habitations, the coming of the now architecture in place of one-storied buildings, with spacious courtyards and lordly indifference to the amount of ground they covered A few of us have seen what Swatow, Amoy and Wuchow are doing, but the staller towns are following the example of the larger FARBcities. The new Chinesa civilisation

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SUMMER

TIREDNESS.

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THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL,

NOTICE.

HENTEXT Term, will commence

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONG CONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE Goods or "ARCHIBALD NCOTT BROWN, LATE or No. 8, ExcUANGE" SQUARE, GLASGOW, WHO. RESIDED AT MIYANOSHITA, KILMACOLM Scor-

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on

NMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14t8.

at 8.30 AM. New Boys should attend on That Day.

Particulars as to Feos, etc. can be obtained from the School.

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Acting Herdianster.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

100 Old Shares in this Company THE Undermentioned Certificate for LAND, IN TSK UNITED KINGDON registered in the Name of MERE. §. ANDREWS has been LOST or DES. Note the Court has, by virtus not be

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TROYED; and should this Certificate produced to the Company before of the Provialoon of Section 68 of the 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1981, New Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order Certificate for the eail Shares will be limiting the Time for Creditora and loaned and the Old Certifiante No. 8161 others to sand in their Claims against will thereafter be treated by this the above Estate to 20ra SEPTEMBER, Company as NULL & VOID. 1931.-

All Crediton and others are accord. ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before

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7th

Certificate No. 6161 dated STEELE, 1904, for 100 Bhares Foa 78801/78900.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 24th Aug., 1931. [1090

THE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Materials comprising

AHONG KONG,

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPART- MENT is prepared to receive Tenders for the Purchase of Old following Berap Metals Cast Wrought Iron Brass, Bronse, Copper And Alaminium slso__Lamps :D W, and G.F., 110 Veit, in Good Condition

Farther Particolare and Forms of IF TEL GOUDS OF ALEXANDER | Tender may be had on applications to

PROBATE "JURISDICTION:

** BUTHERLAND, Late or No: the QUPT. ACCOUNTS and STORES,

B, SAINT CATHEE'S PLACE, PUBLIC WORKS Department, EDINBURGH SCOTLAND, IN

THE UNITED KINGDOM,," DE-

TOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN

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has its own ebaracter. There is similarity between the modern streets of Hong Kong, Canton and the lesser towns, but they are en- tirely different from anything in Europe. China is using modern science, but it is developing on ita own lines. There is nothing in common between the buildings on the New Reclamation and those in England China is showing no signs of copying the West, however much sho' may use what we can give

A Worker's Tragedy,

Before, putting her head in a la gas oven, Dorothy Mabel Farley, Prohibition. agod 19, of The Oracle, Minister. street, Reading, wrote to her mo longer a hole and corner business, Bootlegging in New York is 10 ther: I am sorry to leave you but is conducted from offices com- like this, but I had the sack from parable in many respects with those could not stand the thought of befact, a lending industry itself-per | the works this morning, and I of the landing industries. It is in ing out of work."The note was haps the leader of them all. When read at a Reading inquest when a Mr Grover Whalen was Police verdict of Suicide While of Un-Commissioner, two years ago, "he sound Mind was recorded. It was stated that the girl would probab ly have been taken back at the works next week.

"Imitation Gold,”

estimated the number of peakonics at about 32,000. The depression and amalgamations of Tivat establish ments - havë - now reduced the num- ber to somewhere in the neighbour- hood of 20,000. The aggregate trade Shefeld is now turning its atter of the speakeasies is believed to ho. tion to the production of imitation 65,000,000 annually. This does not gold. Successful experiments have include liquor delivered to private. been made in the casting of a non-homes, but, even so, it takes prece ferrous alloy of aluminium and dence of the trade in furniture and copper that has the appearance of domestic equipment and the trade gold. Its essential features are said in motor-cars. Now the price to the to be that it is stainless, can be numer of alcoholic liquors in. washed after use, and will stand New York is higher, sometimes very up to very severe tests. Although much higher, than in Great Britain. manufacture in the new metal is. But a vast proportion of what the only on a small scale at present, British consumer pays represents experts forecast that there will he taxation. Nothing of what the boom in such products A full American consumer pays goes to dinner set has been made. The swell the public revenues. price of articles made of the hew metal, it is stated, is about the (same as that of nickel silver.

"Half a Navy No Use!"

"It is no good paying for half a Navy, because half a Navy is THE BEST BRICK IN THE no use. It would only bo cut by

WORLD!

Great Man.

DAILY PRESS,']

TONG XOÀI

Sin, It was and to road in this morning's paper of the disinter which bafell so many junks in the barbour during the galo yesterday.

Your report contains no mention of any work done by the rescue tug Kau Sing, and I wonder if she did render any help to those who, so porely needed it—Yours, etc, KOMMER ANY QURIOUSITUS

Hong Kong September 3, 193】AV

The Deputy Harbour Master (Commander J. B. Newill) replied to an enquiry by our repressoth tive that the Kau Bing made her usual patrol of the harbour during. typhoon weather. Ho added She H.A.B.P.] We busy" Baving Junks-Ed.,

ALLEGED IMPERSONATION OF POLICE CONSTABLE.

CHINESE CHARGED AT KOWLOON.

Charged with impersonating a police constable, a Chinese named Lo Po appeared before Mr. J. A. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistrae," yesterday. yesterday

Police Sergeant Whian prose cuted, while Mr. M. A da Silva. appeared for the defente

It is alleged by the prosecution that at about 12 noon on August 23 the defendant approached a group of hawkers in Bowring: Street near Woosung Street, and asked a hawker to produce his lic ense, saying that he was a police other and would arrest him if a failed to do so. At that moment P.CC. 431 approached, and the. defendant handed the hawker over to the real constable and bolted.

After the evidence of two eye. witnesses had been taken, the cas was adjourned until Friday the 9th instant.

President Masaryk, of Creobosto vakia, has given to the world his own rules of health. "I am often naked, he says, how I keep my health. The answer is quite sim ple. I do gymnastica (Masaryk is still a Sokol, that is, a member of the Daily Press of last. Wednesday

some stronger Navy before long the world-famous Czech, physical There words were uttered by Vice training organisation), I go in for accounts of three events of con-

Admiral H. J Twoedie, Comman-sport. I am not afraid of fresh siderable importance to modern"

der-in-Chief of the Africa station, nir, sun and water. I do not over- China. We refer to the opening Wire the Loa-brick most Far in the course of a remarkably frankcat. I drink no alcohol. I have address to Durban Rotariana. The work enough for the whole day. I

Charlie Chaplin at'a Bullight, of the Hong Kong-Canton telephone Easterners have long been familiar.

British Navy is being whittled have both public and private cares. From the front row of the bull trunk line, the completion of the It has a venerable, history as a

down year by your declared Ad- I have learnt that man catnot ring, which was crowded to the last new waterworks at Hangchow, and form of currency along the oldmiral Tweedic. "It has become live for pleaanre alone. Gymnast, Mr. Chaplin, the Alm actor, the modernising of the ancient caravan routes. But it has remain-pire are going to insure our goods en both the mind and the body: Sebastian. The immense crowd question whether we in the Em-tics and sport refresh and strength saw eight bulls killed at San walled city of Sun Woo in theed for twentieth-century America to adequately or not. An insurance It is the duty of every man to care watched the film idol throughout the Kong Moon district. All three evolve the wine-brick, and to create ther seems to day that we are tryin a position properly to full his look of disgust, and put his fing is no good to anybody, and it rafor his body, so that he may be fight, noting how he shrunk, with developments are significant, and thereby something of a legal probing to insure without paying the moral obligations to his countryers to his ears, as the bull rushed symbolic of what is taking place in lam. This remarkable commodity is premiums. "A great deal has beer and to mankind," At the age of at the horse of a picador. He be China to-day, When we consider product of the vine growers of said about parity. Well, the posi-82 the Sage of Prague, whom hir came quite excited, however, üzer the site of Hong Kong and Canton,the West, who in these days of Pro- giving the same number of dress, greatest man he has ever met, is a swung their capes and dodged the tion might be likened to that of H. G. Wells has described as the the way in which the bill fighters their proximity, and their economiu hibition find it hard to dispose of shirts to a man who has to dine model of physical and metal fitness rushing animal by a hair's breadth inter-dependence, it may -seem their fruit. They have therefore out "very night and to another Hia figure is as spare and as He tried to get away unobseryed at strange that the coming of a tele evolved a grape concentrate" whose work was to graze a large straight as a ramrod. He rides the end of the fight, but the crowd number of cattle on the veld. It daily, and its his horse as erect insisted on giving him a great phone trunk line should have been which when dissolved in water isis just as absurd to say that the as the youngest cavalry officer. His ovation. When Reuter's correspon so long delayed. But, on the other stated to ferment-in five days, and requirements of An Empire linked precepts, which have the advantage dent asked him if he had enjoyer hand, it must be remembered, that

by sen are the same as a country of personal example, will appeal to the fight, he said, “I would rather to make the bait stronger have joined up hy land.". attached to various sorts of brick

English people.

not say anything.". the European commercial com- munity in Canton is not a big one,

the alluring names of various well- that there is a telegraphic service known vintages. The question that for urgent business, and that there-exercises the courts of the United

States is whether the new com faro the foreigners alono were not in a position to install such

modity infringes the Prohibition law. The manufacturers point out service. The successful inaugura, tion of the trunk line shows that that they are careful to advise their the Chinese poople have nequired customers not to let the bricks steep the telephone habit Merchants of long enough to ferment, since after

Charges of (a) conspiring to de- the two cities who have been accus- that the beverage produced is liable

fraud the Wing Lang Bean Curd tomed to do business with "each. “

Factory of fittings, and utensils, (b) to become wine with a 13 per cent.

larceny and (c) receiving were pre- other by the slower methods of post

Chan Lui (13), a schoolboy, living ferred against two Chinese before Looking Back 25 Years and messenger now require this alcoholic content. This bland ex-at 180, Lockhart Road, has been Mr. J. S. MacLaren, sitting a Baron von Bettendorff - Kolpim modern facility. They have learncuse seems to have been accepted as pital for examination. He had been South yesterday. Mr. F. C. E. the Reichstag, accompanied by Dr. sent to the Government Civil Hos. Magistrate at the District Office and Judge Dr. Lucas, members of ed at their offices, and in their satisfactory in soms of the Western homes, the advantages of phoning and they have backed the extension States, but the New York Pro of the system to a trunk line as hibition authorities are not to be.

The ith annual general meeting' far na Canton, with the idea of bluffed into swallowing a recipe of the Reel Club will take place at further lines being pushed out, until wrapped up as a warning. They tember 21, at 5.15 p.m. The first

the Helens May: Institute on Sep Chinese cities are linked up after the manner of those of Europe and have impounded the stock of bricks practice of the season will come menes immediately after the meet North America. The line is, in in the city and referred the mattering the practices will be held on each successive Monday up to fact, caentially a Chinese rather

to the courte, It is dificult to November 23, than a European affair.”

imagine the spirit of Bacchus exud

It is sometimes said that the

* Local Notes and Events

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending August 15, amount ed to 00,478 Metric tons, and the Metric tons. sales during the period to 790,481

er brother, for disobeying his beaten with a feather duster by his mother, it is alleged.

The Colony had a clean bill of health on Wednesday.

fendant while Mr. H. S. V. Mossop Rendall appeared for the first de was for the second defondunt, After evidence had been taken, hearing was adjourned.

From the files.

wife and Lady Piggott, paid a visit Kruger, the German Consul, his

to the Suprema Court yesterday: morning to gather information as to the workings of the machinery of

British Court in the Far East

burglary at the residence of Captain to their Honours the Chief Justice There was a sequel to the the Registrar, and were introduced They were received by Mr. A. Bath,

and Mrs. Grogh-Moe, at 18, Penk and Puisne Judge. Then, in the Mansione, which occurred during court, they saw the numerous cffi- the last week-end in June, when cials in their allotted, places, out, Tam Hok Ham (34) aline Tam unfortunately, the only case set for Shing, male, unemployed, and Yes the day in original jurisdiation was The N.Y.E. Haruna Maru arrived yesterday before Mr. Williams at disappointed in their desire, and Foo (37) married, woman, appeared adjourned, consequently they were development of civilisation can beng from a brick, or instructions to President of N.YK, Mr.K.former is charged with the threeny elty-Hong Kong Daily Preis, from London on Wednesday, the Central Magistracy yesterday. The left to visit places of interest in the the butler to chop siz ounces off Kagami, being on board, accomo of jewellery to the value of $3,350 September 4, 1900,

uber to chop six out of panied by Mrs. Kagami, returning (recovered) while the woman la the Chablis or soak a pound of home from a round-the-world tour. charged with unlawful receiving of Santerno. In any case it is a little It will be recalled that Mr. Kagami the property. Detectivo-Bergeant Looking Back 50 Years

attended the World Economia Con MacDonald applied for 48 hours We have been kindly favoured by hard to add to the existing dificul- ference held at Washington, DC remand, which was granted. Captain Lightwood of the day ties of the Prohibition officials Japane

on May hat, as chief delegate from

Albay, with some particulars'-se- Statistics just published for Pennsyl On a charge of theft of a quantity could and the Chinese gunboat took Captain Lightwood was informed PARAN TINA TERIative to the loss of the Flensborg. vania and New Jersy show that of material belonging to a travelling Captain Lautrup and the crows of on the morning of August 29, that werke had trader who had left a box contain the Flensborg on to Amoy The the Danish barque Flensborg, Cap- thew two States alone mizod over ing silke at the offices of an im- Flensborg was completely broken untain Lautrup, had been wrecked in two million gallons last year of ports and exports firm at 21, Con- and the cargo was being washed August, 27 on Table Island, one rf nought Road Central, an employee the sides. As will basean, by the Pescadores, about 9am. The various sorts of prohibited liquor of the Company was fined $300 or notification elsewhere published, Albay and ho Chinese gunboat Fei

For further particulars

In the midst of this illicit for three months hard labour by Mr. Captain Lautrup tenders his hearty Yuen immediately want to her

Willizos at the Central

af Police thanks to Captain Lightwood and AKBARUA and found the... CZOW. SUPERINTENDENT 67, CROWN.

the authorities of a largo city con-. LANDSPWD'or DISTRICT:"| struct a waterworks costing two cartond or two of bricks seems Court yesterday. It was stated that the Commander of Fei Yuen for the already landed with their ene

the defendant is the son of a well-succour afforded by them.HongThey rendered what amistance they OFFICER,Norte":"Talpo::

and a half million dollars they but a small matter.

to-do Shekki meròfiant.

"Kong Daily Prear, September -4; (Continued on Drapious fOLEM

FOR SALE ON-ATTRACTIVE EUROPEAN

measured by the amount of water used per head of population. People who use an average, say, of afteen gallons a day, are on about the same mental and cultural level

that the Court has by virtue A RESIDENCE at TAIPO, even though thay may live in lar

the Provisions of Section 58 of Ordina

No. 2 of 1897, made an Urder limiting Situated Sonthof Ballway between

the Time for Creditors and others to Taro and Taro MANENT STATIONS, wend in their Claims against the above containing 8 Reception Rooms "and Estate to

25TH SEPTEMBER, 1931, ..... Bed rooms, 2 Bathrooms, English Metal Creditom" and others are socord-Bath fitted with Hot and Cold Water, fugly hereby required to send their Flush Water-closet, Fitted for Claues to the Undersigned on or before Electric Light, Hard Wood Floors,

Lawn, eleg DEACONS ANNUA Balisitors for the Executors, Des Worty Boad Central,” Hong Kongk

thai Dato.

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distant parts of the world and evolve very different modes of life. As an Irish philosopher once said: "All generalisations are unsound,” and the one about the use of water bng its fair share of truth and error, but no one can say that when